| Author/Editor | Molan, Marija; Molan, Gregor | |
| Title | Actual human availability identification tool | |
| Type | članek | |
| Source | In: Preliminary programme for IAEA specialists' meeting on Maintaining needed capabilities when faced with an ageing workforce and declining educational infrastructure; 2000 Sep 5-8; Olkiluoto, Finland. Olkiluoto: , | |
| Publication year | 2000 | |
| Volume | str. 1-10 | |
| Language | eng | |
| Abstract | Short and long term human performance and health are influenced by working environments and work loads factors. Adaptation of working environment (social, organizational and physical) should assure higher level of workers availability and consequently higher level of workers performance. A special theoretical model for description of connections between environmental factors, human availability and performance was developed and validated. The central part of the model is evaluations of human actual availability in the real working situation or fitness for duty self-estimation. The model was tested in different working environments. On the numerous of 2000 workers standardized values and critical limits for Availability questionnaire were defined. Standardized method was used in identification of the most important impact factors. According to our results the most influential factors are: The content of the work (level of responsibility, influence on the working results). Organization of the work (hierarchy and individual influence on the working results. Quality of the air (level of oxygen, air temperature) Night work (vigilance problems). Overtime work (residual fatigue). Family problems (influence on the mood). Health status (general well-being). Identified problems were eliminated by investments in the organization in modification of selection and training procedures in humanization of working environment. For workers with behavioral and health problems individual consultancy was offered. Described method is a tool for identification of problems and elimination of them. In combination with behavioral analyses and mathematical analyses of connections offers possibilities to keep adequate level of human availability and fitness for duty in each real working situation. (Abstract truncated at 2000 characters). | |
| Descriptors | TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE WORKPLACE WORKLOAD FATIGUE MOTIVATION STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL |